The balancing act between how much rule-making you like in language and how much you like language to evolve naturally isn’t necessarily the point of the serial comma debate (to me, the reasons to keep it have absolutely nothing to do with tradition and everything to do with actual utility), but that’s where almost any discussion of almost any arcane point invariably winds up. Language is alive, you see, and it changes, and its beauty lies in its ability to be shaped by an entire society that calls upon its collective wisdom and experience to create a means of communication that accomplishes what it needs to AND NO THAT DOESN’T MAKE ‘IRREGARDLESS’ OKAY AND STOP USING ‘LITERALLY’ TO MEAN ‘FIGURATIVELY’ I AM BEGGING YOU.
Linda Holmes | NPR Monkey See | Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe … For Now (via fromoneroomaway)

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    ^^Pre-fucking-cisely
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    love this - i do feel that the oxford comma is neat, useful, and pleasing to my eyes…
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